Visual Arts

Henry Shimizu

Born Prince Rupert BC.. 1928 Removal March 1942 Internment New Denver, BC, 1942 to 1946 Moved to Edmonton. AB. University of Alberta. 1948; Graduate – Medicine 1954 Graduate – BSc.MD, 1954 Surgical residency 1955 to 1959, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine Plastic Surgery residency 1960 to 1962, University of Pittsburgh Medical Faculty Certificate of […]

Camille Kiku Belair

Camille Kiku Belair is a Toronto based composer, classical guitarist, artist and writer. Interested in working with field recordings, experimenting with mixed media within visual arts is also a large part of their practice. Articles have appeared in the WholeNote Magazine. They are currently pursuing an MFA in Composition and Experimental Sound Practices at California […]

Tsutao Machida

Kayoko Tanaka

1998-2005 Ontario College of Art and Design (Ceramics, Professional Development) 1993-1995 Ontario College of Art and Design (Painting) 1989-1991 Centre Saidue Bronfman (Montreal, Master Painting) 1988-1989 Centre des Arts Visuels (Montreal, Painting) 1986-1987 Emily Carr College of Art (Vancouver, Painting) 1978-1988 Vancouver Community College (Vancouver, Painting) Workshops 1995 Atelier-Voyage Le Perigord (France) 1994 Virginia Center […]

Judy Nakagawa

Judy Nakagawa began studying sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art+Design in Washington, DC in 1998 and in 2002, was awarded the Berthold Schmutzhart Award for sculpture. She exhibited her work at the Whitewalls Gallery, in the Corcoran, the Jackson Art Centre, in Georgetown, and had a solo show at the Errant Space Gallery in […]

Norman Takeuchi

Norman Takeuchi is a painter. Shortly after graduating from the Vancouver School of Art, he moved to London, England, for one year to concentrate on painting. While there, a chance encounter with a gallery owner resulted in his first solo exhibition. Back in Canada, he found employment in Ottawa as a graphic and exhibition designer, […]

Mike Sasaki

Mike took to drawing early in his life, spending focused hours honing the skill as a child. He was also taught woodworking by his father at an early age. In school he excelled in visual arts and decided to pursue a degree in Design. Mike Sasaki graduated from the Bachelor of Design Honours program at […]

Yvonne Wakabayashi

Yvonne Wakabayashi (née Tasaka) was born in Vancouver in 1938 and spent her early childhood years during internment with her family in the tiny rural communities of Blind Bay and Notch Hill, British Columbia. Returning to Vancouver after the war, she continued her education which led to a Bachelor and Master degree in Education with […]

Kaori Kasai

Kaori Kasai (Kao), a.k.a. Sleepless Kao, is an artist-in-motion who graduated from art school (Setsu Mode Seminar) in Tokyo, specializing in fashion illustration. Since then, she travelled to live and work in San Francisco, Hong Kong, and now Vancouver. She creates her own world of eccentric creatures and personalities which bloom into the void: gigantic […]

Raymond Nakamura

Raymond was born and raised in Toronto but has lived most of his working life in Vancouver. Long, long ago, the University of Toronto gave Raymond a degree in Zoology and Japanese Language. Then Kyushu University in Japan granted him a Master’s degree for studying the population ecology of stalked barnacles and finally, the U […]

Nancy Peng

Nancy Peng has a degree in math from The University of Waterloo and blends her analytical skills and creativity in her approach to art and teaching. She enjoys the technical aspects of printmaking and teaches watercolour, mixed media painting and printmaking at Button Factory Arts in Waterloo. Nancy is a co-op member and Marketing Chair […]

Joyce Harumi Kamikura

Joyce H. Kamikura, NWS, SFCA Joyce was one of the first Canadians to be bestowed Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society (NWS – U.S.A.). She was also one of the first women to be given the top ranking title in the Federation of Canadian Artists as a Senior Signature Member (SFCA). Exhibitions of her […]

Ryan Takatsu

Ryan Takatsu is a sansei, designer, video artist and cultural equity advocate. Born in Winnipeg and studied at the University of Manitoba – Faculty of Architecture: Interior Design graduate; Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Toronto Publishing Workshop; the University of Toronto: ITDC ADMC; and the University of Winnipeg. During the 1980s and 1990s, he […]

Dona Nabata

I graduated with a major in Japanese language from the University of British Columbia, and then studied pottery at The Shimpi Togei Center, and later at Kyoritsu Primitive Art in Japan. I continued my pottery studies at Emily Carr Univerisity and graduated in Ceramics. Pottery still informs my work, but now I maintain a studio […]

Kayla Isomura

Kayla Leung Isomura is a documentary photographer and journalist based in Vancouver, B.C. As a multigenerational settler of Chinese and Japanese descent, Kayla’s interest in storytelling has been largely influenced by their family’s story of displacement. Through this lens, Kayla aims to explore narratives that centre historically resilient voices. They are drawn to stories that […]